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Sep 3, 13 • 85 Views • dscribe, politico • Chirag Mehta • No Comments
The Iran Sanctions Act passed by the US has a nifty feature called ‘extraterritoriality’ which means that Washington has the power to impose unilateral sanctions on third parties that interact with Tehran. A silent clause however allows dealings as may be...
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Aug 28, 13 • 68 Views • dscribe, politico • Chirag Mehta • No Comments
A news presenter once told me that the Middle-East has been the most dependable fall back story for channels in this decade. One could almost chuckle if the ‘stories’ weren’t so grim. But on closer reflection you realize that it’s not true just...
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Sep 18, 12 • 100 Views • dscribe, politico • Niharika Pandit • No Comments
Vedanta Aluminium was recently denied permission to set up a $1.7-billion plan to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa. Located in Kalahandi district of Orissa, these hills are inhabited by the Dongoria, Jharnia and Kutia tribes who participated in a...
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Jul 29, 12 • 106 Views • dscribe, politico • Pratik Tandon • No Comments
On August 6 and 9 in 1945, the world witnessed the use of nuclear bombs for the very first time. Since then, the widespread destruction and loss of human lives in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has left an indelible question on the morality of the human race. Unlike...
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Jun 19, 12 • 97 Views • dscribe, politico • Rajdip Ray • No Comments
At the very outset, let me clarify that I am not an environmentalist. Neither am I affiliated to any political party, though I am likely to get branded as a Maoist after writing this article. I am just an average twenty-year-old who has grown up in Calcutta...
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Jun 1, 12 • 132 Views • dscribe, politico • Pratik Tandon • No Comments
The Syrian uprising can be defined as an ongoing, violent internal conflict which can surely be regarded as a part of wider Arab Spring. What started as a public demonstration on 26th January 2011 has turned into a war between the rebels and the government...
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Mar 18, 12 • 208 Views • dscribe, politico • Pratik Tandon • 1 Comment
“A place where girls once dreamt of getting married. It was a cup shaped wedding hall in a beauty spot on the edge of the ocean. Today, this dream has been smashed. The walls and windows broken, leaving just a concrete skeleton with spiral staircase...
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Jun 25, 11 • 93 Views • politico • Rishabh Kumar • No Comments
The Jan Lokpal Bill might appear to be the product of a people’s movement but it may well be a flawed decision of a particular socio-economic group. In a nation where the 8 to 9 percent growth has remained limited to roughly 15 percent of the total...
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